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Beyond "NOTA" Can Delhi Dream ?

WE don't know how big the filth and garbage in our city will get with every growing day.  We don't know when and how soon will we get respite from the frequent outbreaks of Dengue and Chikungunya. We don't know when the threat of open drainage will end.  However we do know that this Sunday we will once again go and cast our vote and  elect  candidates  for our respective wards Yes the election to the three  Municipality Committees of Delhi will be held on this 23rd. 

Do you  know that out of the two thousand and plus candidates contesting for 272  seats, there are around 180 candidates who have criminal cases registered against them and another 120 candidates who have serious cases of murder, kidnapping and crime against women pending in various courts. Incidentally BJP has highest number of such candidates when compared to Congress and AAM ADMI  parties.

Our  discomfort against the political parties is always there, yet we religiously elect them back and they in turn continue to exploit our gullibility. I am sure our  political tolerance has a major role play in  in preserving  our  Democracy. 

The right purpose of Democracy is to choose a candidate  who  you deem fit to take the  ownership of  keeping the city clean and healthy. Therefore if right to vote is your  statutory responsibility then the right to reject a candidate is your fundamental right of speech and expression. We have till now either voted the party ignoring the candidate or simply stayed out of the election system by not casting our vote 

If you do not want to vote this Sunday because there is no good candidate, you should still go ahead and show your descent with the option of NOTA. For the first time this MCD poll gives you an option to reject. Using NOTA option does not oblige you to choose a lesser of two evils  Further the number of NOTA votes sends a discrete message to political parties over the choice of their candidates.

So please if you are unable to make a right choice of candidate  use the NOTA option  and express your discomfort with politics, Remember if you don't bother to act you lose your right to complain. So get involved  to answer Beyond "NOTA" can Delhi Dream?
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